A Great and Terrible Beauty

ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (39). Victor’s creature was horrendous to look at, had an IQ of a baby, and had ability to scare you out of your shoes. The creature tortured Victor and contributed to his death. The creature shows that he is at fault for Victor’s death because he drove Victor to an obsession, a terrible state of depression caused by fear, and a state of insanity…

In Jamaica Kincaid's introductory paragraph she explores what her reality would be like as a tourist in her home country. As she describes this to the reader (who is the audience) she shows how terrible the tourist can be to the island and how different and unwanted the tourist often is. In this piece, the author expresses a critical tone towards tourists through the use of imagery, parallel sentence structure, and the connotation of her words. In the opening paragraph of this essay, the…

fitting in would be a good thing. Conformity is something that now makes people feel terrible about themselves because they see the magazines and other media and want the perfect body. They believe that the perfect body will make them fit in with the popular crowd. The conformists believe that if they have that perfect body they will be liked and noticed, this is most people in our society’s goal. This is not that great of a movement because it makes people down everyday. The number of suicides…

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley introduces the concept of galvanism to the story through Victor Frankenstein: We witnessed a most violent and terrible thunder-storm. Before this I was not unacquainted with the more obvious laws of electricity. On this occasion a man of great research in natural philosophy was with us, and excited by this catastrophe, he entered on the explanation of a theory which he had formed on the subject of electricity and galvanism,…

were unaware of his identity. So, Odysseus began walking towards them, and all of the girls screamed and ran away as fast as they could from this terrible sight. All except for Nausikaa, who handled this potentially dangerous situation bravely and calmly with the help of Athena. She waited for him to approach, and when he did, he complimented her beauty: “Mistress: please: are you divine, or mortal?” (6. 161). He adds that whoever marries her would be a very lucky man. At this, Nausikaa is…

can integrate all the parts…” (Emerson). Emerson states this because he is showing the glorious relation between man and nature as he sees the beauty in the sunset. He also proves the glorious relationship between man and nature when he states “I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty” (Emerson). Emerson is saying that he loves the endless beauty of nature and enjoys when he experiences the glorious relationship between man and…

He believed humans should think, live, and make decisions based on the health of the land and the living creatures. Sustainability is the key to balance, and it is not achievable when people think they can own nature and forget to appreciate the beauty in…

for a better life in California. In order to create the book, Steinbeck “would take extensive notes for his novels … interviewing as many migrant workers as he could” (Parini 194). The first-hand accounts that Steinbeck collected would expose the terrible conditions and discrimination that refugees from Oklahoma face once they arrived in California, igniting major controversy almost immediately after its productivity (Parini 235). Critics attacked the novel for being, in the words of Congressman…

on March 4, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was an excellent political leader, gave his first Inaugural speech to inspire miserable Americans to get the courage to face the present hard situation. He addressed frankly with the present terrible condition, the reasons that why money changers failed, the nation’s greatest primary task, the trustful and feasible solutions that the government would carry out to deal with the difficulties. Those passionate and cheerful words convinced…

The role of the Golden One and International 4-8818 in the novella is very strange. The people in this this story live in a weird place and they call it the novella.The way that they live is men don't pay attention to women and vice versa. If I am not mistaken I think that all women work in fields and wear white tunics. There are a lot of things that are very strange in this book instead of breaking the law they call it sins. The novella is not a place that sounds happy nor exciting. Equality…